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Question 13:

Which of the following elements (that on Earth all are normally gases in our atmosphere) on a dry day makes up about 80% of the air we breathe?
Argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, krypton, neon, nitrogen, oxygen.
(Our air also normally contains water vapor, hydrocarbons, hydrogen peroxide, sulphur compounds, in very small and variable amounts.)

Answer:

NITROGEN


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